LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1203, 11 August 1911, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The postal authorities advise that tho s.s. Maheno, which failed from • Sydney at noon on August !) for Auckland, lias on board nn Australian mail, also an English mail via Suez. The Wellington portion will bo due here by Main Trunk on Monday next, August U. Councillor M'Laren moved at the City Council meeting last evening; "That tho increase of sixpence per day recently granted to tha labourers in the employ of the. council be. also given to tho horsedrivers, who nro at present being paid at the rate, of Bs. a dav." Councillor Trevor m.oved, and Councillor SlurtclitTe seconded, that tho matter bo referred to the. Fjnance Committee. The amendment was lost and the motion carried. "Ha? any reply been received from the Acting-Prime .Minister to the letter of tho council regarding the Tramway Conference deputation to the Minister for Public Works?" asked Councillor Godbor at the City Council meeting last evening. "Nothing," replied the ActingMayor, "has been received." "No acknowledgment of the letter?" pursued Councillor Godber. "No," said the ActingMayor. To have the. Queen's statue raised to a greater height than it was in its old site is the deJire, of Councillor Shirtclifl'e, his wish beiim expressed at the meeting of the City Council last evening. It wi\s too squat as it was before, said Councillor Sliirtclill'e. The engineer. Sir. Morton, was called in. "I should not like to undertake to altr.r the design of an eminent artist like Mr. Drur.v,' was his reply. Tho matter was allowed to drop. iWiniesion has bfcn granted the T) HatlciT by tho Wellington City Council to conduct a riding school at Lynll Bay btacli on Saturday afternoons till (he end of September, subject to their operations being lesliicU'd (o the unfrequented portion of the beach. Onre more the llutt Pino Bridge—the City Council last evening decided '.hat an agreement, should ba entered into between thu Wellington Corpora'.ion and tho Petono Borough Council, that (he proportion of the excess of the costs (o be paid by the Petono Boroush hhall be tixed bv arbitration.

The City Council last evening decided that a letter be sent to tho deputation from Maranui which lately .saw the Mayor with a view to obtaining an increased tervice, to (he effect that a new time-table was under consideration, and the request would bn looked into. During the lust fortnight twenty-six applications were received by tho City Council for permission to erect or alter buildings. The value of work for which permits were issued was distributed us !ollows:-City district, .£21171; Mi'lro.'i?, .CI 111; Northland, .CIO; Wadestown, .£24G; total, iTOGB. The collection and distribution of salmon and ova was continued on an extensive scalo by the State Fisheries Department during the year ended March. 31. Another million Atlantic salmon ova were obtained from the river Wye and Ihe river lfliinc, but about G. 1,000 <licd on the voyage or subsequently. The ova wove hatched at Lake To Anau, and all vlie young fish were liberated in the lake. _As a result of the low stale of the spawums rivers which flow into the Waitaki, the collection of quinnat salmon ova was nrt so satisfactory as in the previous season, but 210,000 were obtained. Of this number 150,000 were sent to the hatchery at kokotahi, Wcstland, and tlu 145,000 fry wro liberated in streams flowing into tho Hokjtika River. Of the remainder, 25,000 ova were sent to Tasmania, where mi is being made to acclimatise the fish. During the season tho Department collected 915,000 brown trout ova for acelimalifatiou societies, 35,000 for tho Transvaal Government, and 100,000 rainbow trout ova were supplied to the Queensland Government.

As nearly everyone knows, the acoustic properties of the Town Hall are by no means perfect. This defect was the subject of some comment at the council mciiiis last evenin?, following upon the receipt of a letter from the New Zealand Competitions Soeictv with reference to tho question. Councillor Fletcher said that something would have to bo done to improve matters, and suggested that a import should be brought down for the information of the council. The' Mayor remarked that the whole matter was at present under consideration, in connection with the scheme of office extension now being drafted. A report thereon would bo presented at the next meeting ot the council.

Ah interesting comment on the development of the fishing industry is made by the Chief Inspector of Fisheries, Mr. 11. 1\ Ayson in his annual report, which is embodied in the Marine Department s report. "I am convinced," ho. remarks, "that better marketing and transport facilities by rail to the "different markets and to inland towns would result in a vorv large increase in the quantity ot fish sent from the various fishing grounds. Reports from.the inspectors of fisheries show that there is a great deal of Mssatisfaction in connection with lorwanling fish by rail, and I wou d ask that the matter be brought beforo the Railway De; partment with a view to trying to mcc" the requirements of the fish trade, lhe establishment of public fish markets in the principal towns would no doubt help the industry." Sir. Ayson adds: And would also l>9 the means of enabling the public to get a better and , cheaper supply of fish. Improved means of trausnorung fish by railway are also much required. Second-hand shopkeepers will note that ithe City Council has adopted the iollowiu" clause as an addition to the present bv-law relating to second-hand shops:"'No keener of any second-hand clotlies shop shall sell or"expose for rale any second-hand clothing unless the same shall have been thoroughly cleansed or disinfected, and in any proceeding under this by-law the onus of proving such disinfection or cleansing shall be upon the person charged."

The Patea Waterside 'Workers' Union and the. Southland Brick and 'file Makers' Union have cancelled their registration under the Industrial Arbitration and Conciliation Act. A Gazette notice last night notified tho setting asido of 31 acres of Crown land at l'almerston North for workers' dwellings. Tho land is in the vicinity of Terrace End. Tho City Electrical Engineer has been authorised to order the necessary car trucks and equipments required for tho construction of teu new cars, and to construct a shed far,building cars, at Aewtown at a cost not exceeding .£l7s—a total expenditure of .£3500, provided for in tho estimates. The military registrations f* tho week cnde-.l August 5 u?o as follow:— Auckland, 30; Canterbury, 45; Otago, 15; Wellington, 9; total, 99. A complete return showing the numbers of territorials and senior cadets registered for military training for the whole noried up till August 5, slates that of those registered 630!) (under '21 years) are now serving, while 22,016 are now awaiting enrolment, having been registered. The total registration of senior cadets is 30,164. There are also returned 2862' tetritorials, over the age, who arc desirous of continuing service. People who suffer from colds do so at their own option. There certainly is no need to, because "Xazol," tho great English remedy, cures and prevents. Prove by trial, and tho verdict will bo "cold dismissed."—Advt.